June 2015
Potter Logistics took delivery of two specially-liveried Mercedes Benz Antos 26 tonne rigid lorries with personalised registrations as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The two trucks; supplied by Northside Truck & Van, Hull will replace two older Euro IV Mercedes Axors.
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The European Shippers' Council has released a white paper on container transport competition ahead of a summit between the US, China and Europe in Brussels on 18 June.
ESC warns that the market has evolved into one where a monopoly of four alliances have “impressive market shares in certain trade ...
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Cargolux has extended its animal station at its main Luxembourg hub withnew fixed stalls and nine collapsible stalls available on request, bringing total capacity to 50 stalls. It will allow the carrier's new CV Alive product to be developed.
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Peel Ports has signed a letter of intent with Indian container terminal operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to foster the exchange of information and expertise on port operations, port management and hinterland connections. They will also develop a series of modules in education and training of port operators, IT ...
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Logwin organised the shipment of tents, blankets and medicines collected by employees of its customer and partner, the engineering firm Voith to Nepal in May. The forwarder collected seven large tents, around 300 blankets, medicines and water sterilizing material from Voith in Heidenheim, packed them in its warehouse together ...
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PD Ports says it has implemented the UK’s first cross-platform terminal operating system at Teesport. Following implementation of the new system across Teesport’s container terminals in 2013, it has now introduced the ro ro module into the ferry operations, and the system is now integrated and fully operational. The new ...
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Peel Ports' short-sea arm, BG Freight Line, is to launch services to the West Coast Scottish port of Greenock. Three 1,000teu ships will operate on a rotation - Rotterdam (Friday), Liverpool (Monday/Tuesday), Belfast (Wednesday/Thursday), Greenock (Friday), Liverpool (Saturday/Sunday) and Rotterdam (Tuesday). The carrier said that there was significant market demand, ...
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Davies Turner Air Cargo has extended its presence at East Midlands Airport by taking a 3,000sq ft unit at the Air Cargo Centre within the airport campus. Davies Turner chairman, Philip Stephenson says the company needs more space to cater for its customers' needs at the UK's second-busiest cargo airport, ...
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The Freight Transport Association's director of global and European policy Chris Welsh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for services to shippers and the shipping industry. The award recognises his leading role in representing of UK freight shippers to the European Union and global organisations ...
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MSC is bucking the trend towards ever-larger container ships by reducing the average vessel size on its Asia-Europe Condor service from 9,500 to 6,500teu. The move follows extensive analysis of capacity on its services against current and anticipated demands.
The network changes will apply to Maersk Line, MSC's partner in ...
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